Water-tight container for use of bathers



R. KOLODNY.

WATER TIGHT CONTAINER FOR USE OF BATHERS. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16. l9l8.

1,33 1,508. Patefited Feb. 24, 1920.

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934- la a UNITED s TEs PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID E. 'KOLODNY, 0F BROOKLYN, new YORK. V

WAT R-TIGHT CONTAINER FOR USE or BATHERS.

To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known that I, DAVID R. KOLODNY, a citizen of Russia, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Water-Tight Container for Use of Bathers, of which the following is'a specification, the same being a full, clear,'and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates'to cases or receptacles for articles of'any kind, and particularly to a watertight container constructed and arranged tobe attached to orsustained by a band or belt worn around or hooked to the waist and constructed of a material adapted to be uninjured by the action of water; or, if preferred, to be supported directly by a bathing suit or other garment.

Generally stated, the object of my invention is to provide a novel and efficient device of the foregoing general character, together with certain characteristic details and features of construction, tending to produce an article that shall be simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and convenient and durable in practical use. To these and other useful ends my invention consists in the matters hereinafter more fully set forth.

It has been deemed desirable by me to provide a watertight case or receptacle for the use of bathers at the seashore or other bodies of water, which container shall be adapted to preserve in a dry condition cigarettes, etc.-or for ladies use articles of jewelry, powder puffs, etc.-access to which articles mav be readily had at any desired time with out danger of any injury to the same occurring by the splashing of any water thereon.

In the drawings which illustrate embodiments of my invention and which accompany and form a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a top view of an article constructed according to my invention without the cover; Fig. 2 is a view of the cover detached from the box; Fig. 3 is a view of the open front of the case; Fig. 4 is a partial side view of the open receptacle the cover hanging down; Figs. 5 and 6 are details of a locking device for the cover.

Like-numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the views.

Referring particularly to the drawings, 3 denotes the body portion, of a receptacle or Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24, 1920.

' Application filed September 16, 1918. Serial No. 254,340.-

container constructed according to my invenv tion, which container may be of any desired size or pattern and constructed of any suitable material that will not become injured by the action-of water thereon, as for example sheet aluminum. The said body portion is imperforate and is provided with asuitable closure as an imperforate covert and intermediate waterproof material 5, as a packing or gasket, the parts being so arranged that by the superposition of the cover I on the body portion 3 'a sealed closure is formed impervious to the action of water thereon.

In the example of the invention shown in Fig. 1 an inwardly projecting beveled flange or turned in flexible edge 10 will be seen to extend around the front of the container 3, and an oppositely disposed projecting beveled flange or turned out flexible edge 10 extends outwardly from the. cover 4. Each of the said flanges has agroove 9 in which the gasket 5 is placed. The flanged edges of the containerand the gasket will prevent any drops of water that may lie upon the cover from entering the receptacle when the'latter is opened. The cover may be hinged to the container as at 18.

I also provide means for locking the cover to the container as by means of a catch 19 projecting from the cover which engages, when the cover is closed, the spring lever 21 of the lock 20, whereby the parts are held together. In order to release the cover it is only necessary to press the button 22 which disengages the spring lever 21 from the catch 19.

The container may be supported in any suitable manner as by being attached to a belt or to any other article of apparel not deleteriously affected by water by suitable means, which means may comprise sewing, pinning or riveting operations, etc., by which combination of parts the support and container and articles inclosed therein will not be damaged in use by the repeated and continuous insertion of the whole in the water.

The details of construction of my container may be varied at will so long as the general characteristic features thereof are retained. One convenient disposition of the packing 5 consists in inserting a gasket, or other flexible waterproof material, in a groove extending around the top edge of the body of the container, into which adepending flange of the cover may enter when the closure is made; the top and bottom of the.

overlapping edge 15 for the purposeofshedding Water and to prevent the same from .Wardly directed tapered flange around-the. edge thereof forming a projection around dropping into the interior of the container 'It will be noted that; thegrooves, respe r 'tively formed in the inclined flanges lie at an angle to-the' same'and arespaced fromvand. lie, at right. angles to the top and bottom,

faces: of the container and closure-the gasketmounted inone of said: grooves being positioned parallel With the sidesofthe con:-

taifner. On account of the flexibilityof the,

said flanges, the latter and; intermediate gasket will always form a tight jointat the meeting faces of the parts evenv When the gasket becomes WOITIhfglOlll: use

,I Wish it tobe understoodthat I do not desire to be limited to the particular use orthe exact details of construction: shown and described for obvious I modifications Will oecun to personss'killed in the art.

'VVhat I claim as my invention is:

Ina device of the class-described; moontainer made, of flexible material and formed Wit-1119 411 angular interiorly extending; and depressed tapered flange and the upper edge of the same forming an inclined ledge around the entn-e top of the contalner, and a closure therefor made; of, similar material and formed with an angular exterior-1y and intheupper: part. eat: thecclosure' to register and contact With the first named flangeto form a tight joint at themeetinggfaeesthereof;

andxalso' grooves respectii ely formed in the said; inclined? flanges, and a gasket. mounted invone ofssaid'l grooazes, whereby oniaocount of the flexibilityof, uthe-saidfl'angee; the latter and intermediate gusket' will' always forma watertightjointiat the said: meeting" gasket becomes Worn faces,.-even; when the down frolnuse.

Intestimoflyl of the foregoing; specificationv I do hereby; signs the same Brooklyn; ofthe city 0t NewuYork, inithe county ofi Kingsvand State of New :York, this 9th. day of September,

- .1 DAVID itnesses: a V

a a MQ'NROEEJL Erscnm, LQUIS' KUPBEKMAN;

ixr the borough of KGLQDNY; 

